Kalachakra

The Bon system of astrology was amalgamated with the Chinese astro materials that first came to Tibet in the mid-7th century. In the 11th century, with the introduction of the “Kalachakra Tantra” from India, its astro traditions were added as well to make the unique blend of...

A short overview of what we need to know about tantra and empowerments before we take the Kalachakra Initiation.

Alternative Kalachakra deals with the methods for overcoming being under the influence of the external and internal cycles of time. The Kalachakra Tantra presents these methods in its third, fourth and fifth chapters. The third chapter deals with the empowerment, the...

The symbolism in the Kalachakra mandala represents a union of opposites, indicative of the harmony needed for establishing world peace.

Several postwar writers on the Occult have asserted that Buddhism and the legend of Shambhala played a role in the German-Tibetan official contact during the Nazi era.

Overview of the three waves of Buddhism reaching Mongolia from Central Asia and then Tibet, the subsequent exploitation of Buddhism by the Manchus, its suppression under the communist regime and the initial efforts at its revival.